Baldwin® Hardware, a Leading Brand of the Hardware & Home Improvement Division of Spectrum Brands, Goes ‘Keyless in Vegas’ With Luxurious New Smart Lock Security Solutions

Hollywood Hills Evolved Stuns with Elegant Design and Touch-to-Open Technology, While the New Baldwin TouchScreen Uses Advanced Capacitive Touch to Wow CES Attendees at Booth #42137


LAS VEGAS, Jan. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baldwin® Hardware, a leading brand of the Hardware & Home Improvement (HHI) division of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB), is staking claim to the luxury technology category with its two new smart locks: Hollywood Hills Evolved and TouchScreen. Never before have CES attendees been able to experience beautifully designed smart locks that stun on the front door and seamlessly integrate into the smart home.  

“Our product development team has worked incredibly hard to blend smart technology with the bold designs architects and designers demand,” said PJ Rosch, senior brand manager for Baldwin Hardware. “We truly are unlocking the future of luxury technology with Evolved and TouchScreen. In the past, customers had to sacrifice luxury and style if they wanted a smart lock. Today, they have the best of both worlds with a beautiful Baldwin product that opens with a simple touch.”

Experience both at Baldwin booth #42137 while playing ‘Keyless in Vegas’ for a chance to win $1,000.

Hollywood Hills Evolved
The evolution of luxury hardware, Evolved is Baldwin’s iconic electronic offering. It exceeds the architectural standards of Baldwin customers with its handcrafted design and allows users to easily lock and unlock doors via their smartphone and the Kevo mobile app. The easy-to-use app provides eKeys for remote access, real-time access history and remote unlocking abilities.

While maintaining beautiful aesthetics, Evolved’s streamlined design easily conceals the technology in a smart, sleek interior design that is 60 percent smaller than other electronic products on the market. By leveraging Bluetooth technology, Evolved offers an easy Touch-to-open™ solution in 19 handleset styles and three deadbolts.  Choose from 17 Baldwin finishes for a customizable look. Smart technology meets bold design with Baldwin Evolved. Smart technology meets bold design with Baldwin Evolved.

Baldwin TouchScreen
Experience a sneak peek of the new Baldwin TouchScreen collection, launching this summer, available in five luxurious styles and featuring Advanced Capacitive Touchscreen technology. Beautifully Baldwin, this new offering combines SecureScreen technology with bold Baldwin design to create a simple electronic solution. Activate the screen with your fingertips and enter a four- to eight-digit code for easy unlocking. Additionally, the one-touch locking capability provides for quick departures requiring no key or code to lock the door.

In true Baldwin fashion, the new Touchscreen electronic offering is available in two deadbolt styles in 17 finishes and can be paired with three coordinating handleset grips for a signature look. With a personalized code, you can enter easily enter your home with the convenience of keyless entry and the back-lit keypad provides increased visibility. It features patented SecureScreen™ technology to prevent code detection from fingerprints on the touchscreen and is easy to install, program and use.

TouchScreen is the latest offering in Baldwin’s ever-expanding, technologically advanced secure solutions portfolio. Baldwin consumers now have the best of both worlds:  Luxurious, solid-brass designs in a beautiful electronic solution. Unlock the future of security with Baldwin.

ABOUT BALDWIN

Baldwin is part of Hardware and Home Improvement (HHI), a major manufacturer and supplier of residential locksets, residential builders’ hardware and faucets with a portfolio of renowned brands, including Kwikset®, Weiser®, Baldwin®, National Hardware®, Stanley®, Pfister™ and EZSET®. HHI is a leader in its key markets with #1 positions in U.S. residential locksets (Kwikset), Canada residential locksets (Weiser), U.S. luxury locksets (Baldwin), and U.S. builders’ hardware (Stanley-National Hardware), and #3 in U.S. retail plumbing (Pfister).  Headquartered in Orange County, California, HHI has a global sales force and operates manufacturing and distribution facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Asia. 

HHI is a division of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB).  Spectrum Brands is a global, diversified consumer products company and a leading supplier of consumer batteries, residential locksets, residential builders’ hardware and plumbing, shaving and grooming products, personal care products, small household appliances, specialty pet supplies, lawn and garden and home pest control products, personal insect repellents and auto care products. Spectrum Brands employs over 15,500 employees worldwide and sells to the top 25 global retailers with products in more than one million stores.

  
MEDIA CONTACT:Sabrina Suarez, 714-573-0899 x. 227
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